19th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
16 May 1940 – 16 April 1945
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister		William Lyon Mackenzie King
23 October 1935 – 15 November 1948
Cabinet16th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition		Richard Hanson
14 May 1940 – 1 January 1943
Gordon Graydon
1 January 1943 – 10 June 1945
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionNational Government (Canada)
& Conservative Party
CrossbenchCo-operative Commonwealth Federation
Social Credit Party
Liberal-Progressive
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons		James Allison Glen
16 May 1940 – 5 September 1945
Members245 MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate		Georges Parent
9 May 1940 – 14 December 1942
Thomas Vien
23 January 1943 – 23 August 1945
Government
Senate Leader		Raoul Dandurand
23 October 1935 – 11 March 1942
James Horace King
26 May 1942 – 24 August 1945
Opposition
Senate Leader		Arthur Meighen
22 October 1935 – 16 January 1942
Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne
16 January 1942 – 11 September 1945
Sovereign
MonarchGeorge VI
11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952
Governor
General		Alexander Cambridge
21 June 1940 – 12 April 1946
Sessions
1st session
16 May 1940 – 5 November 1940
2nd session
7 November 1940 – 21 January 1942
3rd session
22 January 1942 – 27 January 1943
4th session
28 January 1943 – 26 January 1944
5th session
27 January 1944 – 31 January 1945
6th session
19 March 1945 – 16 April 1945
← 18th → 20th
William Lyon Mackenzie King was Prime Minister during the 18th Canadian Parliament.

The 19th Canadian Parliament was in session from 16 May 1940, until 16 April 1945. The membership was set by the 1940 federal election on 26 March 1940, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1945 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the 16th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the so-called "National Government" party (the name which the Conservatives ran under in the 1940 election), led in the House by Richard Hanson and Gordon Graydon consecutively as the three successive national leaders of the party, Robert Manion, Arthur Meighen and John Bracken did not have seats in the House of Commons. With the selection of Bracken as national leader in December 1942, the party became known as the Progressive Conservatives.

The Speaker was James Allison Glen. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1933-1947 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were six sessions of the 19th Parliament:

Session Start End
1st 16 May 1940 5 November 1940
2nd 7 November 1940 21 January 1942
3rd 22 January 1942 27 January 1943
4th 28 January 1943 26 January 1944
5th 27 January 1944 31 January 1945
6th 19 March 1945 16 April 1945

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the nineteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district. Party leaders are italicized. Parliamentary assistants is indicated by "‡". Cabinet ministers are in boldface. The Prime Minister is both. The Speaker is indicated by "(†)".

Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

Alberta

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Acadia Victor Quelch Social Credit 1935
Athabaska Joseph Miville Dechene Liberal 1940
Battle River Robert Fair Social Credit 1935
Bow River Charles Edward Johnston Social Credit 1935
Calgary East George Henry Ross Liberal 1940
Calgary West Manley Justin Edwards Liberal 1940
Camrose James Alexander Marshall Social Credit 1935
Edmonton East Frederick Clayton Casselman (died 20 March 1941) Liberal 1940
Cora Taylor Casselman (by-election of 1941-06-02) Liberal 1941
Edmonton West James Angus MacKinnon Liberal 1935
Jasper—Edson Walter Frederick Kuhl New Democracy 1935
Lethbridge John Horne Blackmore Social Credit 1935
Macleod Ernest George Hansell Social Credit 1935
Medicine Hat Frederick William Gershaw Liberal 1925, 1940
Peace River John Sissons Liberal 1940
Red Deer Frederick Davis Shaw Social Credit 1940
Vegreville Anthony Hlynka Social Credit 1940
Wetaskiwin Norman Jaques Social Credit 1935

British Columbia

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Cariboo James Gray Turgeon Liberal 1935
Comox—Alberni Alan Webster Neill Independent 1921
Fraser Valley George Cruickshank Liberal 1940
Kamloops Thomas O'Neill Liberal 1935
Kootenay East George Mackinnon National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Kootenay West William Esling National Government 1925
  Progressive Conservative
Nanaimo Alan Chambers Liberal 1940
New Westminster Thomas Reid Liberal 1930
Skeena Olof Hanson Liberal 1930
Vancouver—Burrard Gerry McGeer Liberal 1935
Vancouver Centre Ian Alistair Mackenzie Liberal 1930
Vancouver East Angus MacInnis C.C.F. 1930
Vancouver North James Sinclair Liberal 1940
Vancouver South Howard Charles Green National Government 1935
  Progressive Conservative
Victoria Robert Mayhew Liberal 1937
Yale Grote Stirling National Government 1924
  Progressive Conservative

Manitoba

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Brandon James Ewen Matthews Liberal 1938
Churchill Thomas Crerar Liberal 1917,[a] 1930,[b] 1935
Dauphin William John Ward Liberal 1921, 1935
Lisgar Howard Winkler Liberal 1935
Macdonald William Gilbert Weir Liberal-Progressive 1930
Marquette James Allison Glen (†) Liberal-Progressive 1926, 1935
Neepawa Frederick Donald MacKenzie Liberal 1935
Portage la Prairie Harry Leader Liberal 1921,[c] 1935
Provencher René Jutras Liberal 1940
Selkirk Joseph Thorarinn Thorson (until 6 October 1942 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1926, 1935
William Bryce (by-election of 9 August 1943) C.C.F. 1943
Souris James Arthur Ross National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Springfield John Mouat Turner Liberal 1935
St. Boniface John Power Howden Liberal 1925
Winnipeg North Centre James Shaver Woodsworth (died 21 March 1942) C.C.F. 1921
Stanley Knowles (by-election of 1942-11-30) C.C.F. 1942
Winnipeg North Charles Stephen Booth Liberal 1940
Winnipeg South Leslie Alexander Mutch Liberal 1935
Winnipeg South Centre Ralph Maybank Liberal 1935

New Brunswick

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Charlotte Burton Hill Liberal 1935
Gloucester Clarence Joseph Veniot Liberal 1936
Kent Aurel D. Léger Liberal 1940
Northumberland Joseph Leonard O'Brien National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Restigouche—Madawaska Joseph Enoil Michaud Liberal 1933
Royal Alfred Johnson Brooks National Government 1935
  Progressive Conservative
St. John—Albert King Hazen National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Victoria—Carleton Heber Harold Hatfield National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Westmorland Henry Read Emmerson Liberal 1935
York—Sunbury Richard Hanson National Government 1921, 1940
  Progressive Conservative

Nova Scotia

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Antigonish—Guysborough J. Ralph Kirk Liberal 1936
Cape Breton North and Victoria Matthew Maclean Liberal 1937
Cape Breton South Clarence Gillis C.C.F. 1940
Colchester—Hants Gordon Purdy Liberal 1935
Cumberland Percy Chapman Black National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Digby—Annapolis—Kings James Lorimer Ilsley Liberal 1926
Halifax* Gordon Benjamin Isnor Liberal 1935
William Chisholm Macdonald ‡ Liberal 1940
Inverness—Richmond Moses Elijah McGarry Liberal 1940
Pictou Henry Byron McCulloch Liberal 1935
Queens—Lunenburg John James Kinley Liberal 1935
Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare Vincent-Joseph Pottier Liberal 1935

Ontario

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Algoma East Thomas Farquhar Liberal 1935
Algoma West George E. Nixon Liberal 1940
Brantford City William Ross Macdonald Liberal 1935
Brant George Ernest Wood Liberal 1935
Broadview Thomas Langton Church National Government 1933
  Progressive Conservative
Bruce William Rae Tomlinson Liberal 1935
Carleton Alonzo Hyndman (died 9 April 1940) National Government 1935
George Russell Boucher (by-election of 1940-08-19) Conservative 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Cochrane Joseph-Arthur Bradette Liberal 1926
Danforth Joseph Henry Harris Conservative 1921
  Progressive Conservative
Davenport John Ritchie MacNicol National Government 1930
  Progressive Conservative
Dufferin—Simcoe William Earl Rowe National Government 1925
  Progressive Conservative
Durham Wilbert Franklin Rickard Liberal 1935
Eglinton Frederick George Hoblitzell Liberal 1940
Elgin Wilson Henry Mills Liberal 1934
Essex East Paul Martin Sr. ‡ Liberal 1935
Essex South Stuart Murray Clark Liberal 1935
Essex West Norman Alexander McLarty Liberal 1935
Fort William Daniel McIvor Liberal 1935
Frontenac—Addington Wilbert Ross Aylesworth National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Glengarry William Burton Macdiarmid Liberal 1940
Greenwood Denton Massey National Government 1935
  Progressive Conservative
Grenville—Dundas Arza Clair Casselman National Government 1921, 1925
  Progressive Conservative
Grey—Bruce Walter Harris Liberal 1940
Grey North William Pattison Telford, Jr. (resigned 9 December 1944 to allow Andrew McNaughton to campaign for seat, albeit unsuccessfully) Liberal 1926, 1935
Wilfrid Garfield Case (by-election of 1945-02-05) Progressive Conservative 1945
Haldimand Mark Cecil Senn Conservative 1921
  Progressive Conservative
Halton Hughes Cleaver Liberal 1935
Hamilton East Thomas Hambly Ross Liberal 1940
Hamilton West Colin Gibson Liberal 1940
Hastings—Peterborough George Stanley White National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Hastings South George Henry Stokes National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
High Park Alexander James Anderson National Government 1925
  Progressive Conservative
Huron North Elston Cardiff National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Huron—Perth William Henry Golding Liberal 1932
Kenora—Rainy River Hugh Bathgate McKinnon Liberal 1934
Kent Clayton Earl Desmond National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Kingston City Norman McLeod Rogers (died 10 June 1940) Liberal 1935
Angus Lewis Macdonald (by-election of 1940-08-12) Liberal 1940
Lambton—Kent Hugh Alexander Mackenzie Liberal-Progressive 1935
Lambton West Ross Wilfred Gray Liberal 1929
Lanark Bert H. Soper Liberal 1940
Leeds George Taylor Fulford Liberal 1940
Lincoln Norman James Macdonald Lockhart Conservative 1935
  Progressive Conservative
London Allan Johnston Liberal 1940
Middlesex East Duncan Graham Ross Liberal 1935
Middlesex West Robert McCubbin Liberal 1940
Muskoka—Ontario Stephen Joseph Furniss Liberal 1935
Nipissing Raoul Hurtubise Liberal 1930
Norfolk William Horace Taylor Liberal 1926
Northumberland William Alexander Fraser Liberal 1930
Ontario William Henry Moore Liberal 1930
Ottawa East Joseph Albert Pinard Liberal 1936
Ottawa West George McIlraith Liberal 1940
Oxford Almon Secord Rennie Liberal 1934
Parkdale Herbert Alexander Bruce National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Parry Sound Arthur Graeme Slaght Liberal 1935
Peel Gordon Graydon National Government 1935
  Progressive Conservative
Perth Frederick George Sanderson Liberal 1925
Peterborough West Gordon Fraser National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Port Arthur Clarence Decatur Howe Liberal 1935
Prescott Elie-Oscar Bertrand Liberal 1929
Prince Edward—Lennox George James Tustin National Government 1935
  Progressive Conservative
Renfrew North Ralph Melville Warren Liberal 1937
Renfrew South James Joseph McCann Liberal 1935
Rosedale Harry Jackman National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Russell Alfred Goulet Liberal 1925
Simcoe East George Alexander McLean Liberal 1935
Simcoe North Duncan Fletcher McCuaig Liberal 1935
Spadina Samuel Factor Liberal 1930
Stormont Lionel Chevrier ‡ Liberal 1935
St. Paul's Douglas Ross National Government 1935
  Progressive Conservative
Timiskaming Walter Little Liberal 1935
Trinity Arthur Roebuck Liberal 1940
Victoria Thomas Bruce McNevin Liberal 1935
Waterloo North William Daum Euler (until Senate appointment) Liberal 1917
Louis Orville Breithaupt (by-election of 1940-08-19) Liberal 1940
Waterloo South Karl Kenneth Homuth National Government 1938
  Progressive Conservative
Welland Arthur Byron Damude (died 15 September 1941) Liberal 1935
Humphrey Mitchell (by-election of 1942-02-09) Liberal 1931,[d] 1942
Wellington North John Knox Blair Liberal 1930
Wellington South Robert William Gladstone Liberal 1935
Wentworth Ellis Corman Liberal 1940
York East Robert Henry McGregor National Government 1926
  Progressive Conservative
York North William Pate Mulock Liberal 1934
York South Alan Cockeram (resigned to allow Arthur Meighen to campaign for seat, albeit unsuccessfully) National Government 1940
Joseph William Noseworthy (by-election of 1942-02-09) C.C.F. 1942
York West Agar Rodney Adamson Conservative 1940
  Progressive Conservative

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
King's Thomas Vincent Grant Liberal 1935
Prince James Layton Ralston Liberal 1926,[e] 1940
Queen's* James Lester Douglas Liberal 1940
Cyrus Macmillan ‡ Liberal 1940

Quebec

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Argenteuil James Wright McGibbon Liberal 1940
Beauce Édouard Lacroix Liberal 1925
Beauharnois—Laprairie Maxime Raymond Liberal 1925
Bloc populaire canadien
Bellechasse Louis-Philippe Picard Liberal 1940
Berthier—Maskinongé J. Émile Ferron Liberal 1935
Bonaventure Joseph Alphée Poirier Liberal 1940
Brome—Missisquoi Maurice Hallé Liberal 1940
Cartier Peter Bercovitch (died 26 December 1942) Liberal 1938
Fred Rose (by-election of 1943-08-09) Labor Progressive 1943
Chambly—Rouville Vincent Dupuis Liberal 1929
Champlain Hervé-Edgar Brunelle Liberal 1935
Chapleau Hector Authier Liberal 1940
Charlevoix—Saguenay Pierre-François Casgrain (until 15 December 1941 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1917
Frédéric Dorion (by-election of 1942-11-30) Independent 1942
Châteauguay—Huntingdon Donald Elmer Black Liberal 1935
Chicoutimi Julien-Édouard-Alfred Dubuc Liberal 1917
Compton Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette Liberal 1935
Dorchester Léonard-David Sweezey Tremblay Liberal 1935
Drummond—Arthabaska Armand Cloutier Liberal 1940
Gaspé Joseph Sasseville Roy Independent Conservative 1940
  Independent
Hochelaga Raymond Eudes Liberal 1940
Hull Alphonse Fournier Liberal 1930
Jacques Cartier Elphège Marier Liberal 1939
Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm Charles-Édouard Ferland Liberal 1928
Kamouraska Louis Philippe Lizotte Liberal 1940
Labelle Maurice Lalonde Liberal 1935
Lake St-John—Roberval Armand Sylvestre Liberal 1925, 1935
Laurier Ernest Bertrand Liberal 1935
Laval—Two Mountains Liguori Lacombe Independent Liberal 1925, 1935
Lévis Maurice Bourget Liberal 1940
Lotbinière Hugues Lapointe Liberal 1940
Maisonneuve—Rosemont Sarto Fournier Liberal 1935
Matapédia—Matane Arthur-Joseph Lapointe Liberal 1935
Mégantic—Frontenac Joseph Lafontaine Liberal 1940
Mercier Joseph Jean ‡ Liberal 1932
Montmagny—L'Islet Léo Kemner Laflamme Liberal 1925, 1940
Mount Royal Frederick Primrose Whitman Liberal 1940
Nicolet—Yamaska Lucien Dubois Liberal 1930
Outremont Thomas Vien (resigned 5 October 1942) Liberal 1917, 1935
Léo Richer Laflèche (by-election of 1942-11-30) Liberal 1942
Pontiac Wallace McDonald Liberal 1935
Portneuf Pierre Gauthier Liberal 1936
Bloc populaire canadien
Québec—Montmorency Wilfrid Lacroix Liberal 1935
  Independent Liberal
Quebec East Ernest Lapointe (died 26 November 1941) Liberal 1904
Louis St. Laurent (by-election of 1942-02-09) Liberal 1942
Quebec South Charles Gavan Power Liberal 1917
Quebec West and South Charles Eugène Parent Liberal 1935
  Independent Liberal
Richelieu—Verchères Arthur Cardin Liberal 1911
Richmond—Wolfe James Patrick Mullins Liberal 1935
Rimouski Joseph-Émile-Stanislas-Émmanuel D'Anjou Liberal 1917, 1940
St. Ann Thomas Patrick Healy Liberal 1940
St. Antoine—Westmount Douglas Abbott ‡ Liberal 1940
St. Denis Azellus Denis Liberal 1935
St. Henry Joseph-Arsène Bonnier Liberal 1938
St. Hyacinthe—Bagot Joseph-Théophile-Adélard Fontaine Liberal 1930
St. James Eugène Durocher Liberal 1939
St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville Pierre Auguste Martial Rhéaume Liberal 1930
St. Lawrence—St. George Brooke Claxton ‡ Liberal 1940
St. Mary Hermas Deslauriers (died 28 May 1941) Liberal 1917
Gaspard Fauteux (by-election of 1942-02-09) Liberal 1942
St-Maurice—Laflèche Joseph-Alphida Crête Liberal 1935
Shefford Joseph-Hermas Leclerc Liberal 1935
Sherbrooke Maurice Gingues Liberal 1940
Stanstead Robert Davison (until election voided 24 May 1943) Liberal 1935
Joseph-Armand Choquette (by-election of 1943-08-09) Bloc populaire canadien 1943
Terrebonne Lionel Bertrand Independent Liberal 1940
Trois-Rivières Robert Ryan Liberal 1940
Témiscouata Jean-François Pouliot Liberal 1924
  Independent Liberal
Vaudreuil—Soulanges Joseph Thauvette Liberal 1930
Verdun Paul-Émile Côté Liberal 1940
Wright Rodolphe Leduc Liberal 1936

Saskatchewan

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Assiniboia Jesse Pickard Tripp Liberal 1940
Humboldt Harry Raymond Fleming (died 5 November 1942) Liberal 1935
Joseph William Burton (by-election of 1943-08-09) C.C.F. 1943
Kindersley Charles Albert Henderson Liberal 1940
Lake Centre John Diefenbaker National Government 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Mackenzie Alexander Malcolm Nicholson C.C.F. 1940
Maple Creek Charles Robert Evans Liberal 1935
Melfort Percy Ellis Wright C.C.F. 1940
Melville James Garfield Gardiner Liberal 1936
Moose Jaw John Gordon Ross Liberal 1925, 1935
North Battleford Dorise Nielsen Unity 1940
Prince Albert William Lyon Mackenzie King Liberal 1908,[f] 1919,[g] 1921,[h] 1926
Qu'Appelle Ernest Perley National Government 1921
  Progressive Conservative
Regina City Donald Alexander McNiven Liberal 1935
Rosetown—Biggar Major James Coldwell C.C.F. 1935
Rosthern Walter Adam Tucker Liberal 1935
Saskatoon City Walter George Brown (died 1 April 1940) United Reform 1939
Alfred Henry Bence (by-election of 1940-08-19) Conservative 1940
  Progressive Conservative
Swift Current Roy Theodore Graham Liberal 1940
The Battlefords John Albert Gregory Liberal 1940
Weyburn Tommy Douglas C.C.F. 1935
Wood Mountain Thomas F. Donnelly Liberal 1925
Yorkton George Hugh Castleden C.C.F. 1940

Yukon

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Yukon George Black National Government 1921, 1940
  Progressive Conservative

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 19th Canadian Parliament
By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained
Grey North February 5, 1945 William Pattison Telford, Jr.      Liberal W. Garfield Case      Progressive Conservative Resignation to provide a seat for Andrew McNaughton No
Cartier August 9, 1943 Peter Bercovitch      Liberal Fred Rose      Labor Progressive Death No
Stanstead August 9, 1943 Robert Davison      Liberal Joseph-Armand Choquette      Bloc populaire Canadien Election declared void No
Humboldt August 9, 1943 Harry Raymond Fleming      Liberal Joseph William Burton      C. C. F. Death No
Selkirk August 9, 1943 Joseph Thorarinn Thorson      Liberal William Bryce      C. C. F. Appointed President of the Exchequer Court of Canada No
Charlevoix—Saguenay November 30, 1942 Pierre-François Casgrain      Liberal Frédéric Dorion      Independent Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec No
Winnipeg North Centre November 30, 1942 J. S. Woodsworth      C. C. F. Stanley Knowles      C. C. F. Death Yes
Outremont November 30, 1942 Thomas Vien      Liberal Léo Richer Laflèche      Liberal Called to the Senate Yes
St. Mary February 9, 1942 Hermas Deslauriers      Liberal Gaspard Fauteux      Liberal Death Yes
Welland February 9, 1942 Arthur Damude      Liberal Humphrey Mitchell      Liberal Death Yes
York South February 9, 1942 Alan Cockeram      National Government Joseph W. Noseworthy      C. C. F. Resignation to provide a seat for Arthur Meighen No
Quebec East February 9, 1942 Ernest Lapointe      Liberal Louis St. Laurent      Liberal Death Yes
Edmonton East June 2, 1941 Frederick Clayton Casselman      Liberal Cora Taylor Casselman      Liberal Death Yes
Saskatoon City August 19, 1940 Walter George Brown      United Reform Movement Alfred Henry Bence      Conservative Death No
Carleton August 19, 1940 Alonzo Hyndman      National Government George Russell Boucher      Conservative Death Yes
Waterloo North August 19, 1940 William Daum Euler      Liberal Louis Orville Breithaupt      Liberal Called to the Senate Yes
Kingston City August 12, 1940 Norman McLeod Rogers      Liberal Angus Lewis Macdonald      Liberal Death Yes


Notes

  1. ^ Marquette (elected as a Unionist/Progressive)
  2. ^ Brandon
  3. ^ elected as a Progressive
  4. ^ Hamilton East (elected as a Labour)
  5. ^ Shelburne—Yarmouth (Nova Scotia)
  6. ^ Waterloo North (Ontario)
  7. ^ Prince (Prince Edward Island)
  8. ^ York North (Ontario)

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